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this morning, the shuttle made its first stop at the historic forum in englewood for a special ceremony. >> "endeavour" is a true national treasure and i'm extremely pleased to welcome it to the new home here in southern california. >> reporter: later in the day, after a delay due to maintenance on the transporter and maneuvering challenges, fans were treated to a special musical performance arranged by famed choreographer debbie allen. "endeavorer's" new home the california science center where officials hope it will inspire future generations of astronauts. stephanie stanton, nbc news, los angeles. >>> here at home, plans are moving forward for a development of st. elizabeth's east campus in southeast d.c. maynor gray unveiled plans for a new gateway pavilion that will open next summer. it's designed to be a temporary hub for farmers' markets, casual dining and cultural events. a larger redevelopment will bring retail and residential space by 2015 and a new coles guard headquarters is scheduled to open on the west campus next year. >>> thousands are spending the weekend walking 60 mil
this morning, the shuttle made its first stop at the historic forum in englewood for a special ceremony. >> "endeavour" is a true national treasure and i'm extremely pleased to welcome it to the new home here in southern california. >> reporter: later in the day, after a delay due to maintenance on the transporter and maneuvering challenges, fans were treated to a special musical performance arranged by famed choreographer debbie allen. "endeavorer's" new home...
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another huge problem in new york, flooding in the city's tunnels and subway stations. this posted on twitter. water just pouring into the tunnel. transit officials saying it could take up to four days just to pump that floodwater out. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >> angie, thank you. >>> this morning people are surveying the damage left from sandy's impact. much of it has to do with downed trees. news 4's melissa mollet live in alexandria. melissa, we're hearing one tree left a whole neighborhood dark. >> not exactly sure which tree took down the power line. not one house has any power. take a look over this way. this is one tree that came down. take a look at all the debris, a lot of it here still in the roadway. you can tell that somebody came through, cut things, and sort of moved them around out of the way. let's take a look across here. we're at commonwealth and myrtle. look at this tree. i know this is really hard to see in the dark, but this tree is just massive. take a look at this. i'm going to stand next to it. you can see just how high it is. lots o
another huge problem in new york, flooding in the city's tunnels and subway stations. this posted on twitter. water just pouring into the tunnel. transit officials saying it could take up to four days just to pump that floodwater out. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >> angie, thank you. >>> this morning people are surveying the damage left from sandy's impact. much of it has to do with downed trees. news 4's melissa mollet live in alexandria. melissa, we're hearing one tree...
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people headed north to major cities like newark, new york and boston were forced to make other plans. the power outage also affected marc trains. train service was restored about 1:00 this afternoon. >>> the curiosity rover took its first scoop of martian soil today and stopped. nasa scientists spotted something amiss. there is a bright shiny object on the ground. what is it? and where did it come from? theorys abound from the surreal to the silly. nasa scientists say the object might be a little piece of the rover itself. they have halted digging until they can solve this mystery. >>> garbage in, gold out. the woman up in massachusetts got the surprise of her life this week. thanks to the honesty of a trash collector. his name is leo. he was hauling away things for a woman whose mother had just died. along the his truck and had to break down a hope chest. inside, that's where he found something valuable. >> a plain white envelope. we opened it up. it looked like $1,000 bills but they were u.s. savings bonds. there were 22,300 worth of savings bonds. >> that was in 1972 dollars. today
people headed north to major cities like newark, new york and boston were forced to make other plans. the power outage also affected marc trains. train service was restored about 1:00 this afternoon. >>> the curiosity rover took its first scoop of martian soil today and stopped. nasa scientists spotted something amiss. there is a bright shiny object on the ground. what is it? and where did it come from? theorys abound from the surreal to the silly. nasa scientists say the object might...
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for the first time, this is pretty unbelievable. to give us this town, this city, this team, it's speechless. >> awesome. the nats are tied with the cincinnati reds for best record in the national league. and it's been 79 years since the d.c. baseball team clinched a title, and fans celebrated long after last night's game. many shelled out big bucks for t-shirts, hats, and other gear to commemorate the event. all that's left now is to find out who the nats will take on in the playoffs and when the series will begin. >>> it's four minutes after 5:00 on this tuesday morning, and today is the tenth anniversary of the beltway sniper killing spree. ten people were killed, three others wounded, in a three-week stretch that terrified the d.c. region. the first attack happened in a parking lot in wheaton, maryland. police eventually arrested john allen muhammad and lee boyd malvo for those shootings. they were later convicted. muhammad was executed in 2009. malvo, who was a teenager at the time of the shootings, is currently serving a life
for the first time, this is pretty unbelievable. to give us this town, this city, this team, it's speechless. >> awesome. the nats are tied with the cincinnati reds for best record in the national league. and it's been 79 years since the d.c. baseball team clinched a title, and fans celebrated long after last night's game. many shelled out big bucks for t-shirts, hats, and other gear to commemorate the event. all that's left now is to find out who the nats will take on in the playoffs and...
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for the first time, this is pretty unbelievable. to give us this town, this city, this team, it's speechless. >> so awesome. the nats are tied with the cincinnati reds for the best record in the national league. and some of the nats are showing their appreciation to their fans for their support throughout the season. >> they love their fans, boy. bryce harper, who you just heard from, tweeted a thank you to nats nation. he wrote, "i want to thank this city of d.c. and all the fans for the support you guys have showed us all year. nl east title but not done yet #nats." megan mcgrath is hanging out with nationals fans in bethesda this morning. hey, megan. >> hey, good morning. we're here at the tasty diner, which is a local landmark here in bethesda that opened in the 1930s. the 1930s was the last time a washington baseball team actually took a title. big news as you would imagine. look at this headline. nats clinch it. we've been talking to fans this morning. needless to say, they're very excited. >> i'm just excite. i'm excited beca
for the first time, this is pretty unbelievable. to give us this town, this city, this team, it's speechless. >> so awesome. the nats are tied with the cincinnati reds for the best record in the national league. and some of the nats are showing their appreciation to their fans for their support throughout the season. >> they love their fans, boy. bryce harper, who you just heard from, tweeted a thank you to nats nation. he wrote, "i want to thank this city of d.c. and all the...
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really, our first real taste of cold air. as a matter of fact, take a look at these numbers, in the upper 20s in some locations. frederick, winchester area, martinsburg, in the city i think we'll stay above that 40-degree mark, or around 40. i don't think we'll see frost in the immediate inner city area, but we could see frost -- frost can form under 38 degrees. you can see 38 in la plata tonight and fredericksburg. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. many areas staying in the upper 50s to lower 60s, even with plenty of sunshine tomorrow, a rather cool day. here's the next couple of days. we rebound nicely on sunday. back to 75 degrees on your sunday with rather windy conditions. and then 74 on monday. and it does look like most of next week we'll stay very close to average. so we're going to get through this cold night tonight. i don't see another cold outbreak until, oh, maybe next weekend. we'll talk about that when we get there. >> all right. thank you, doug. >> have fun down there tonight, doug. >> oh, yeah. >>> today's trendi
really, our first real taste of cold air. as a matter of fact, take a look at these numbers, in the upper 20s in some locations. frederick, winchester area, martinsburg, in the city i think we'll stay above that 40-degree mark, or around 40. i don't think we'll see frost in the immediate inner city area, but we could see frost -- frost can form under 38 degrees. you can see 38 in la plata tonight and fredericksburg. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. many areas staying in the upper 50s to lower 60s,...
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a judge ruled the ads must go up or metro would violate the aidi's first amendment rights. >> i will not sacrifice my freedom of speech. it's a ridiculous premise and utterly unamerican. >> the atmosphere ads are also in new york city subway stations. >>> another death is linked to the meningitis outbreak. the centers for disease control says at least 105 people have been sickened by the rare fungal infection. the death toll stands at nine. two of those were in maryland and virginia. health officials link the outbreak to steroid shots used for back pain. the cdc expects the number of people to continue to rise. >> the incubation is rather long, up to a month, so we expect new cases to be discovered around the country for the next several weeks, i'm afraid. >> symptoms include fever, severe headache, stiff neck, nausea and the inability to maintain balance. this form of meningitis is not contagious. >>> pepco and its union workers reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract avoiding a strike. the union's full membership still has to vote on that, neither side providing d
a judge ruled the ads must go up or metro would violate the aidi's first amendment rights. >> i will not sacrifice my freedom of speech. it's a ridiculous premise and utterly unamerican. >> the atmosphere ads are also in new york city subway stations. >>> another death is linked to the meningitis outbreak. the centers for disease control says at least 105 people have been sickened by the rare fungal infection. the death toll stands at nine. two of those were in maryland and...
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safety first. as sherri ly has been reporting all night from ocean city devastating wind gusts obviously along that ocean line, flooding as well. we'll show you some of the pictures that have come into our newsroom, these incredible photos. mackey's in ocean city almost looks like an island, a popular restaurant only open may to october, just recently closed for the season. now it's seeing serious damage from the storm sitting there in the middle of what appears to be the ocean. the next one here, this one to give you an idea of how those houses there are doing, this picture was taken this afternoon and you can't tell where the water is supposed to end and where it's supposed to start. the land just beginning there. as you can see that, that second house from the right appears to be nearly halfway under water. the third photo, here is the beloved ocean city pier. you can see damage was severe s we should tell you the storm will continue to batter the coastline and cause some problems with the storm
safety first. as sherri ly has been reporting all night from ocean city devastating wind gusts obviously along that ocean line, flooding as well. we'll show you some of the pictures that have come into our newsroom, these incredible photos. mackey's in ocean city almost looks like an island, a popular restaurant only open may to october, just recently closed for the season. now it's seeing serious damage from the storm sitting there in the middle of what appears to be the ocean. the next one...
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new york city's greenwich village halloween parade cancelled for the first time in the parade's 39-year history. people asked to volunteer at local outreach centers to help storm victims instead. >> time for weather and traffic on the ones. tom said there is still rain lipgerring in our area. >>> just a few sprinkles in our area. you may need an umbrella. many getting back to work and school. no sprinkles right there on the mall. just up here in northwest washington, we have a view. 43 reagan national. wind out of the south around 10. occasional gusts at 15. as we look at storm team 4 radar, you can see the circulation of what was sandy still here up over pennsylvania. it has weakened a lot. still getting a few sprinkles these areas in green, much of northern virginia and into montgomery county. this is slowly drifting off to the north and east. right into the metro area, we may get a few sprinkles over the next several hours. in addition, many of the main stem rivers are near flood stage. that includes the potomac. maybe a foot above flood stage by early this evening. going to be runni
new york city's greenwich village halloween parade cancelled for the first time in the parade's 39-year history. people asked to volunteer at local outreach centers to help storm victims instead. >> time for weather and traffic on the ones. tom said there is still rain lipgerring in our area. >>> just a few sprinkles in our area. you may need an umbrella. many getting back to work and school. no sprinkles right there on the mall. just up here in northwest washington, we have a...
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and let's check out the first one. this is the other tree down. this is up the road from the station. it's on cathedral avenue right off connecticut, where samantha fried -- friedman. the atlanta fa city boardwalk. we've been hearing all day about the flooding. it's gone. the boards are gone. all that's left, it's unbelievable. just be careful. one more for you. this is more flooding in north beach maryland. don't drive your cars through there. before i let you guys go. you and -- had a, a discussion the difference between a hurricane and what's is now a hurricane. >> the ap announced sandy is no longer a hurricane. it's a super storm. we're getting a lot of feedback. what does it mean? does it work for us. i just went back, interviewed with a little i-phone video that we're about to upload. log to our facebook page. facebook.com back slash wusa9. >> closing emergency phone numbers and everything you need to know in our facebook page on wusa9. keephe
and let's check out the first one. this is the other tree down. this is up the road from the station. it's on cathedral avenue right off connecticut, where samantha fried -- friedman. the atlanta fa city boardwalk. we've been hearing all day about the flooding. it's gone. the boards are gone. all that's left, it's unbelievable. just be careful. one more for you. this is more flooding in north beach maryland. don't drive your cars through there. before i let you guys go. you and -- had a, a...
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also a card left outside the shooting in bowie, the shooter's first attempt to communicate with police. there are so many items, archivists are still working to get an accurate account of all of them. >>> tonight the city of purcelville hopes to lift a boil water order. crews have repaired a water main that ruptured tuesday night. test results in a second round of water samples aren't expected to come back till 6:00 p.m. town water customers are advised to boil any water to be used for drinking, cooking or making ice just as a precaution. >> 5:35. it is money time for your money report. >> that means it's time for jessica doyle. she's back with the high prices we are all paying at the pump. i felt it yesterday. >> oh, boy. >> 3:78. >> as a result of what we're paying, a lot of drivers may be questioning the conventional wisdom that we have labor day come and then gas prices start falling. that really hasn't been happening this year. a month later we're still paying pretty high prices at the pump. oil prices had been falling since mid september. demand for gasoline is down. but what's g
also a card left outside the shooting in bowie, the shooter's first attempt to communicate with police. there are so many items, archivists are still working to get an accurate account of all of them. >>> tonight the city of purcelville hopes to lift a boil water order. crews have repaired a water main that ruptured tuesday night. test results in a second round of water samples aren't expected to come back till 6:00 p.m. town water customers are advised to boil any water to be used for...
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blumberg said he spoke with the president and his team of staff tuesday and the city would but first thehem city officials have a lot of things to do. is blamed for 50 nearly 70the u.s. and more and caribbean. the storm left 8 million customers without power nationwide. working around the clock thery to restore power to customersousands of in the d.c. region. they are making progress. numbersok at the latest -- most of those outages are in anne arundel county. power outages could make the tricky forittle headed back to school this morning and people get to work. out another school closed, in howard bowman bridge. those at the top of the screen. brianne carter has more. morning. prince george's county schools announcement yesterday schools would be open but that the appeal -- but xl academy -- excel academy, the lights are willut we don't know if it reopen. is not beente updated. we called a 24-hour weather line. queen elementary school, we're not sure about that school either. we are still waiting on that. has been out at these two schools. the power companies have been working aroun
blumberg said he spoke with the president and his team of staff tuesday and the city would but first thehem city officials have a lot of things to do. is blamed for 50 nearly 70the u.s. and more and caribbean. the storm left 8 million customers without power nationwide. working around the clock thery to restore power to customersousands of in the d.c. region. they are making progress. numbersok at the latest -- most of those outages are in anne arundel county. power outages could make the...
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the heavier rains, the first batch north of town now. laytonsville, germantown up 270 to clarks burke. headed toward urbana and frederick. mount airy. west of -- north of ellicott city is where the showers are heading. new showers coming out of fairfax. that will head back into montgomery county. look at the showers south into prince william county. this is scattered about. this goes all the way down into areas of eastern georgia. so the moisture is in place. 66 here in town. easton 65. still mid- to upper 50s in the shenandoah valley where we've had some rain. steven in cross junction told me three tenths of an inch of rain in one hour. the weather camera showing the cloudy skies, 66 degrees. still about 20 minutes till sunrise. a light wind and humidity at 83%. there's the big fetch of moisture coming out of eastern georgia now. that's why we'll be in and out of the showers for the day. i think again more in the morning than this afternoon. here we're at 8:15. we'll advance the clock to noon. i think it will be a little more than this.
the heavier rains, the first batch north of town now. laytonsville, germantown up 270 to clarks burke. headed toward urbana and frederick. mount airy. west of -- north of ellicott city is where the showers are heading. new showers coming out of fairfax. that will head back into montgomery county. look at the showers south into prince william county. this is scattered about. this goes all the way down into areas of eastern georgia. so the moisture is in place. 66 here in town. easton 65. still...
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our first flights are due out in about half an hour from now, but i can tell you on the board behind me, there's still a lot of cancellations, even to cities like chicago o'hare that you wouldn't expect. the reason why? ahead of the storm the major carriers decided to take the planes out of reagan national airport, get them out of the way of the storm so they wouldn't just be sitting there on the tarmac with 60 mile an hour gusts. now they've got to reat a time the planes back into -- rotate those planes back into position here at reagan and that could be several days before things get completely back to normal. if you head up the eastern seaboard to new york, we are seeing resuming operations later this morning, about 7:00 a.m. at newark and j.f.k. laguardia is anybody's guess. there was so much damage at the airport because of the flooding. they are assessing that situation and they're going to tell folks when they can get back to business, maybe potentially later today we'll get an update on that. in terms of the actual economic impact of hurricane sandy, ihs global is saying we c
our first flights are due out in about half an hour from now, but i can tell you on the board behind me, there's still a lot of cancellations, even to cities like chicago o'hare that you wouldn't expect. the reason why? ahead of the storm the major carriers decided to take the planes out of reagan national airport, get them out of the way of the storm so they wouldn't just be sitting there on the tarmac with 60 mile an hour gusts. now they've got to reat a time the planes back into -- rotate...
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temperatures right now here in the city dropping off to 51 degrees, gaithersburg 41. that's actually come up a little bit. 36 now for frederick. that's actually dropped a bit since we first started at 10:00, quantico 46 and manassas 39 degrees. over by the bay temperatures are a little warmer for annapolis. they're sitting at 55. for tomorrow really good. i mean we have lots of sunshine tomorrow, high pressure in control, still a batch of cool weather on top of us. we're talking 60s for highs tomorrow and it looks like we're talking about lower 60s for just about everybody. things will change, though, for sunday. warm front begins to come on through. that will warm up the mid- atlantic. so from the 60s tomorrow we'll warm right up to the lower to maybe even mid-70s on sunday depending on how much in the way of sunshine we get. i want to point out this frontal system because it will come through monday. in advance of that front we'll have some showers and maybe a few thunderstorms. here's your weekend forecast. looks real nice, beautiful fall day tomorrow, temperature
temperatures right now here in the city dropping off to 51 degrees, gaithersburg 41. that's actually come up a little bit. 36 now for frederick. that's actually dropped a bit since we first started at 10:00, quantico 46 and manassas 39 degrees. over by the bay temperatures are a little warmer for annapolis. they're sitting at 55. for tomorrow really good. i mean we have lots of sunshine tomorrow, high pressure in control, still a batch of cool weather on top of us. we're talking 60s for highs...